Ironing-board.



W. W. STEWART.

IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1913.

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WILLIAM W. STEWART, 0F MUSCATINE, IOWA.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2'?, i915.

Application filed March 2t, 1813. Serial No. 756,573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at uscatine, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Boards; and I hereby declare that the followin is a full, clear, and exact description tereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a novel improvement in ironing boards of that class which can be readily connected to a table or wall in conthe leg.

' Ve FSB vement position for use, and detached and stowed away when not in use.

The invention consists in the novel means illustrated in the accompanying drawing for detachabl attachin such an lroning board to the wall'or to a ta le or other piece of furniture in the room in which it 1s desired to use theironing board.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is atop plan View of the ironin board and support in position for use. ig. 2 is a side view of such board in position for use, and showing the support in section. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the support detached. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section on the line -Y-Y, Fig. 2.

nected to the board by hinges J. A trans- )iece K may be attached to the upper end o the le as shown. The opening movement of the ig may be limited by means of a toggle lever composed of links lD, E, pivo tally connected together at H, and resectlvely pivoted at F to the board and at to The connection is such that when the to gle is distended the pivot H can drop slightly past the line drawn between the pivots F, G, as indicated in Fig. 2, and lock the leg in vertical position.

To the opposite edges of the board, and at one end thereof, are attached sprin plates B, by means of suitable'screws, whlc plates project beyond the adjacent end of the board l ends bent to form bev.

and have their outer eled catches b whichlface each other. Those catches b are adapted to be engaged with a support attached the wall, or to a table or other piece of furniture. As shown this support consists of a long U-shaped bar having its ends attached to the Wall by screws indicated at c, and provided near which are adapted to catches b. These catches can be engaged with said slots e by simply pushing the end of the board toward and against the su port C, the catches b entering the slots c', apart asthe enter such slots; and after they pass the sli/)ts they spring in behind the front bar of the support, as indicated in Fig. 1, thus securely locking the board to the said support against both lateral and longitudinal movement; and when the leg L is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 the board will be firmly and steadily supported in position for use. By having a plurality of supports C secured at different places, the board can be easily set up for use at any of such places.

When .it is desired to remove the board the catches b can be forced apart by simultaneously pressing them outwardly so as to enable them to be withdrawn from the support through the slots c; and the board can then be folded and stored.

I claim:

1. The combination with an ironing board of an apertured supporting member, means for attaching said board to said supporting member includin oppositely facing spring members attache to and projecting beyond the ends of the board, and having oppositely facing beveled catches on their ends adapted to be simultaneously first sprung apart upon engagement of the beveled catch with the apertured supporting member and then to return to normal position to detachably lock the board in place substantially as described.

2. The combination with an ironing board, of an apertured supporting member, resilient members attached to and projecting beyond the end of the board, and adapted to be first sprun apart upon engagement with the aperturef support and then to return to normal position to detachably lock the board in place, substantially as described.

WM. W. STEWART.

Witnesses:

Jas. P. MARJOINE, RALPH H. THOMPSON. 

